Chill of an Early Fall is a 1991 album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer George Strait

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...

. It was released by MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. The album produced the singles "If I Know Me

If I Know Me

"If I Know Me" is the title of a song written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1991 as the lead-off single to his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S...

" and "You Know Me Better Than That

You Know Me Better Than That

"You Know Me Better Than That" is the title of a song written by Anna Lisa Graham and Tony Haselden, and recorded American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1991 as the second single from his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S...

", both of which reached Number One on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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) charts in 1991. Also released from this album were the title track (#3 on the country charts) and a cover of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" (#24), Strait's first single since "Down and Out" in 1981 to miss Top Ten, and is also Strait's lowest peaking single to date.

"Her Only Bad Habit Is Me" was recorded by Ty England

Ty England

Gary Tyler "Ty" England is an American country music singer and guitarist. Initially a member of Garth Brooks' band, England began his solo career in 1995, recording a self-titled debut album on RCA Records. A second album, Two Ways to Fall, followed in 1996...

 on his 1995 self-titled debut

Ty England (album)

Ty England is the self-titled debut album from American country music artist Ty England. Formerly a guitarist in Garth Brooks' road band, England recorded and released his solo debut album in 1995 on the Nashville division of RCA Records...

.

Track listing

1. "The Chill of an Early Fall
   The Chill of an Early Fall
   "The Chill of an Early Fall" is the title of a song written by Green Daniel and Gretchen Peters and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in September 1991 as the third single from his album Chill of an Early Fall...
   
   " (Green Daniel, Gretchen Peters
   Gretchen Peters
   Gretchen Peters is a singer-songwriter in the folk/country genre. She was born in New York and raised in Boulder, Colorado, but moved to Nashville in the late 1980s...
   
   ) - 3:29
2. "I've Convinced Everybody but Me" (Buddy Cannon
   Buddy Cannon
   Buddy Cannon is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Active since the late 1970s, he is known primarily for his work as Kenny Chesney's record producer, for which he won the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006.Along with Bill Anderson and Jamey...
   
   , L. David Lewis, Kim Williams) - 3:19
3. "If I Know Me
   If I Know Me
   "If I Know Me" is the title of a song written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in March 1991 as the lead-off single to his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S...
   
   " (Pam Belford, Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon
   Dean Dillon is an American country music artist. Between 1982 and 1993, Dillon recorded six studio albums on various labels, and charted several singles on the Billboard country charts. Although he has not charted since 1993, Dillon has continued to write several hit songs for other artists, most...
   
   ) - 2:42
4. "You Know Me Better Than That
   You Know Me Better Than That
   "You Know Me Better Than That" is the title of a song written by Anna Lisa Graham and Tony Haselden, and recorded American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1991 as the second single from his 1991 album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S...
   
   " (Anna Lisa Graham, Tony Haselden) - 3:01
5. "Anything You Can Spare" (Harlan Howard
   Harlan Howard
   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
   
   ) - 2:18
6. "Home in San Antone" (Floyd Jenkins) - 2:24
7. "Lovesick Blues
   Lovesick Blues
   "Lovesick Blues" is a show tune written by composer Cliff Friend and co-lyricist & producer Irving Mills. It has become a pop standard and an even more popular country song since it helped make Hank Williams famous in the 1940s. Published through Tin Pan Alley in 1922, the song was first recorded...
   
   " (Cliff Friend
   Cliff Friend
   Cliff Friend was an accomplished songwriter and pianist. A member of Tin Pan Alley, Friend co-wrote several hits including "Lovesick Blues," "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" and "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down," also known as the theme song to the Looney Tunes cartoon series.-Early life:Friend was...
   
   , Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   ) - 2:55
8. "Milk Cow Blues
   Milk Cow Blues (song)
   -Original version:The original version was recorded by Arnold in Chicago on September 10, 1934, and released the next month by Decca Records.-Robert Johnson version:...
   
   " (Kokomo Arnold
   Kokomo Arnold
   Kokomo Arnold was an American blues musician.Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana...
   
   ) - 4:51
9. "Her Only Bad Habit Is Me" (Don Cook
   Don Cook
   Don Kirby Cook is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & Dunn...
   
   , Howard) - 3:17
10. "Is It Already Time" (Aaron Barker) - 2:47

Personnel

• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Floyd Domino
  Floyd Domino
  Floyd Domino is an American musician known for his work in the genre of Western Swing.Born a native of California, Domino was introduced to Western Swing by way of the musicians who had migrated from Texas and Oklahoma in the 1930s and 1940s....
  
   – piano
  Piano
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• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar
• Johnny Gimble – fiddle
• Jim Horn
  Jim Horn
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   – saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
  
• Larrie Londin
  Larrie Londin
  Ralph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
  
   – drums
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• George Strait – acoustic guitar
• Curtis Young –background vocals

The Ace in the Hole Band

On "Home in San Antone", "Lovesick Blues" and "Milk Cow Blues"

• David Anthony – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Mike Daily – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Gene Elders – fiddle
  Fiddle
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• Phil Fisher – drums
• Terry Hale – bass guitar
• Ronnie Huckaby – piano
• Benny McArthur – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Rick McRae – electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	45